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What makes for a ‘good’ severance package?

Work Life

As an executive director with a base salary of $250,000, that amount would be nothing to sniff at. At the time, Dogen had about “a year’s worth of compensation” in deferred cash (60 to 70% of his salary and bonuses had been deferred). The junior employee promoted to his position had a significantly lower base salary than his.

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3 Mistakes that Force Employees to Leave

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And sometimes a high salary cannot fix their decision to leave the company. On average, it costs them 50%-60% of an employee’s annual salary to replace this employee. I once worked at an organization, and my department worked on connecting pharmaceutical companies with government officials. You Spread Them Thin.

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employer wants my SAT scores, raffling off extra vacation days, and more

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We’re a pharmaceutical company, in case diseases seems odd to non-pharma types.). The raffle tickets are given out one per employee, and extras could be earned by wearing specific company colors or disease awareness shirts on specific days. (We’re Is it legal?

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is it weird to stretch at work, is declining a reference call a red flag, and more

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Several people were hired after me with less or equivalent experience who were immediately put on salary and provided with a computer. When I graduated, I approached him inquiring if my internship was over and saying that I was seeking full-time employment with a reasonable salary. I’ve been at this company for 10 months now.

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I was laid off and now my manager wants my help, I don’t want my company car, and more

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Even though I earn a really good salary, it irks me that I spend over $3,500 a year for a car I don’t want. I work as at a leading worldwide pharmaceutical company as an administrative assistant. There has been no offer to match the salary of the new role, not promise of a promotion, NOTHING… just “you can’t leave.”

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3 middle class families across America share what they earn, spend, and save

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”  “There is something to be said for living in the flyover state.” Carrie’s employer, the Indianapolis Public Library, gave every employee a bump in pay and Jake left a nonprofit job to work for Eli Lilly.

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A Case for Parallel Mental Health Care

Mad in America

While these are sometimes understood as the “common factors” of psychotherapy, Van Os and colleagues point out that this also applies to pharmaceutical interventions. And it is in the nature of such a system run by specialists that humbler interventions are neglected in favor of something elaborate that justifies the salary of the specialist.